Improvement in provision-presses



F.'POTTER.

` Improvement in Provision-Presss- NO.127,427, Patentedlune 4,1872'.

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UNITED STATES FREDERICK POTTER, OF RUSHVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PROVISION-PRESSES.r

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,427, dated J une 4,1872.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that l, FREDERICK POTTER, of Rushville, in the county ofSchuyler and in the State of Illinois, have invented a DomesticProvision-Press; and do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had-to the.annexed drawing making a part of this specification, in which likeletters of reference refer to like parts, and in which-Figurelrepresentsaverticalsection through lines a a a a, Fig. 2; Fig. 2,a plan of the Scale of drawing, three inches to one foot.

This invention consists of a base with side supports which carry across-piece, the latter al receiver to retain the juices, and withinthis another, a perforated cylinder, in which closely iits and is workedthe piston on the lower end of the vertical screw. The juices run olf onpressure along radiating grooves on the base ofthe press into thebefore-mentioned annular groove, and thepce through an aperture in saidgroove into a receptacle below.

A is a circular horizontal bed-plate or base of the press, mountedonlegs g g g g, and having a vertical rim, f, on its outer edge, andimmediately within this an annular groove, a, which is the deepest partofthe hollow of the press within said rim j'. Above and within saidgroove a rises a platform, k, having radiating grooves r r, Snc.,running into the groove a, the latter having an aperture, z', at thebottom, through which escape the expressed juices, &c., which maybeconducted, by means of an elbow-pipe, h, into the desired receptacle. BB are vertical supports sustaining the cross-piece C, which carries thescrew D, andL to said ,rim at the boundary 4of the groove a. G is anon-corrosible interior hoop or cylinder, perforated, and standing onthe ledge a, which surrounds the platform k, and is much higher than theouter yhoop F, as it is the receptacle for provisions to be pressed. Itis prevented from being carried round Vby force of the piston m (actedupon by the screw) by the hooks e e attached to eyes inv theirrespective columns or supports B B.

The operation of this press needs little de.- scription. The fruit,meat, or whatever else is desired to be treated by pressure is put intothe inner hoop G, and pressure applied by means of the screw and piston.The juice, if any there be in the pressed article, will be conducted-along the radial grooves 1' r, &c., on the surface of platform k, andthence into the surrounding groove a, which conducts it further throughthe vertical aperture t', passing through the base of the press, into aspout or elbow, h, which will pass it into a proper receptacle. Theperforated tin or galvanizediron mat l, (seen in section in Fig. 1,)lying on the face of the platform k, prevents the pressed material fromchoking the grooves r 1', 85o., and also assists in raising the dbris orpressed material from the platform when the hoop Gr is Withdrawn. Theexterior hoop vF prevents the spirting out of juice, and both hoops G Fcan be removed, when the operation is over, by extracting the pins whichretain the crosspiece C upon the supports B B, and lifting the screwDolf of the press.

Wha-t I claim as my invention is 1. The provision-press hereindescribed, consisting of the raised platform k, grooves r r, perforatedcylinder F, annular groove a, rim f, standards B, cross-piece G,.pistonm, and screw, substantially as set forth.

2. In a press for pressing fruit, provisions,

&c., the combination of the outside hoop F with an interior perforatedcylinder, G, and the base k A f, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing do- Inestic provision-press Ihave hereunto set my hand this'l/lth day of December, 1871.

FREDERICK POTTER.

Witnesses:

W. L. NOBLE, EDWARD P. VAIL.

